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21-02-26 PHOTOS: Cannoli Run
In early 2021 I had just been fully vaccinated, but most events were still cancelled leaving me with a hole in my schedule where I would normally use some of my Amtrak class upgrade coupons that expire...
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21-03-11 PHOTOS: Tennessee Pass Line
Punching a rail lone through the Rockies is no easy feat. Today the preferred route is going around the mountains via the Union Pacific Main Line over Sherman Hill or the BNSF routes further north or...
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21-03-21 PHOTOS: BROWN Berlin
Rebuilt in 1934 to help join the former PRR and Reading networks in South Jersey after the PRSL merger, BROWN interlocking was located at the crossing of the former Reading owned Atlantic City Railroad...
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03-05-23 CLASSIC PHOTOS: Amtrak and SEPTA Memorial Day
Today's installment of Classic Photos are from some SEPTA and Amtrak activity in May/June of 2003 around the time of my college graduation. The Amtrak photos are from a pretty standard NEC run between...
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03-06-05 CLASSIC PHOTOS: Amtrak Baltimore Trip
In June of 2003 I was offered a position in a graduate program in Baltimore, MD and as part of the process I was invited to meet with the program and tour the facilities. They also offered to cover the...
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21-03-26 PHOTOS: Hudson Line Cleanup
For many years I have been taking trips to the New York Capitol Region around Albany as I have good friends that either went to school there or have family there. Typically I would take Amtrak's Empire...
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21-04-17 PHOTOS: Seabrook
In the past year or two as Covid has curtailed some of the opportunities I had for travel and urban transit, I had to look closer to home to find interesting railroad content. One of the low hanging...
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03-06-23 CLASSIC PHOTOS: Penn-Jersey Tunnels
The boom bust history of railroading in the Northeast United States has left a plethora of abandoned or disused infrastructure that was built on the wealth generated by industrialization and anthracite...
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21-04-24 PHOTOS: Devon and Wayne
The next point of focus on my PRR Main Line tour are the stations of Devon and Wayne, 16 and 14 miles from Suburban Station respectively. Each location plays host to a classic PRR signal bridge still...
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21-05-01 PHOTOS: Moynihan Train Hall and TWA Hotel
A lot of people were talking about that new Moynihan train hall so when presented with a need to pick someone up from JFK Airport I decided to make a side trip one block to the west to see what all...
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21-05-08 PHOTOS: Airport Run
Since visitors who why in tend to fly back out, a week after picking up someone from JFK airport I was involved with dropping the same individual off at JFK airport for their return flight to the west...
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21-05-16 PHOTOS: Tucson
In 2021 I went on a bit of a National Parks kick as I raced to take advantage of the still-low airfares in the time after I was vaccinated for Covid, but before many other people were ready to travel....
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03-07-11 CLASSIC PHOTOS: Bronx and Back
In the summer of 2003 I was between school assignments and had a bit more time to take railfan day trips to places like New York City. On one such trip I made what was likely my so far only journeys to...
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19-05-28 PHOTOS: Cicadas Seem Xtreme
Late in May 2021 I didn't have a ton going on as some of my usual activities had been cancelled due to Covid. As a result I found some local attractions to fill in the gaps, specifically an additional...
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21-06-19 PHOTOS: Fire Up 113
With all the talk about Reading steam locomotive #2102, it's easy to forget that there is another significant operational steam engine right up the street. Former Central Railroad of New Jersey B-7...
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For anyone who previously viewed my photo set on the special June 2021 CNJ #113 excursion, they may have noticed the limited number of photos taken during the main line portions of the trip. This was...
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21-06-20 PHOTOS: Haucks
In the summer of 2021 the CNJ #113 fan trip was not the only exciting steam related rail event taking place in the former coal region north of Reading, PA. The Tamaqua, PA town festival was that...
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21-06-26 PHOTOS: Oscawana Tunnel
The lower Hudson valley has many interesting sights, but if nobody in your friend group can choose any particular one to visit, I recommend defaulting to the Oscawana Park, located just south of...
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04-02-21 CLASSIC PHOTOS: Baltimore Light Rail
Way back in 2004 I was still in school and the long winter break afforded me the opportunity to take some time to explore the Baltimore Light Rail system with former Subchat member Dan Lawrence. We...
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21-07-04 PHOTOS: Tower Urbex
On another 4th of July road trip to Pittsburgh I had the opportunity to hit of a couple of interesting rail locations, unfortunately I was not blessed by much in the way of actual rail movements so...
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